Saga Rail was a short-lived open access operator in Sweden. It was founded by Mats Nyblom who had previously established

Hector Rail Hector Rail is a Swedish-based independent train haulage provider operating in the European rail transport market, operating 50 locomotives. The company provides locomotives and drivers to freight customers who need to have whole unit trains haule ...

. It commenced operations on 23 February 2018 with a twice weekly service from

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

to Linköping with intermediate stops at Nyköping and

Norrköping Norrköping (; ) is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, about 160 km southwest of the national capital Stockholm, 40 km east of county seat Linköp ...

. Four former X10 electric multiple units were acquired from Storstockholms Lokaltrafik and painted in a pink livery. Operations ceased in June 2018 after Saga Rail lost an appeal with the

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority ( sv, Konkurrensverket, abbreviated KKV) is a Swedish government agency organized under the Ministry of Enterprise tasked to promote and safeguard competition in the private and public sector, to the benefit of al ...

over SJ's refusal to sell its tickets on its website.Open access operator SagaRail suspends services
''Railway Gazette International'' 21 June 2018

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